Pocket-holder.



I. D. PLETT. POCKET HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 1:20.12, 1912v PatentedJan. 13, 1914.

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UNITED srarns grnnr OFFICE.

ISAAC DUECK PLETT, OF STEINBACH, MANITOBA, CANAD POCKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 12, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Isaac Doecn PLnT'r, of the village of Steinbach, inthe Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in. Pocket- Holders, of which the following is thespecification.

The invention relates to a pocket holder and the object of the inventionis to provide an inexpensive holder which can be inserted within apocket holding the top of the pocket open and the bottom flat so thatany article can be readily inserted in the pocket and when once in willbe held from acci dental displacement therefrom.

With the above object in view the invention consists essentially in asingle strand of wire bent centrally more or less in a U shape andhavingthe ends thereof coiled the arrangement and construction beinghereinafter more particularly described.

Figure 1 a perspective view of the dc vice as it appears when in use ina pocket. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view througha pocket supplied with my device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailedperspective view of the ends of the wire.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

The device as disclosed is particularly useful for holding rules andsuch like articles used by a carpenter in the pocket of overalls worn byhim.

Referring to the drawing :1 represents a pair of overalls supplied withthe more or less narrow pocket 2 for the reception of at represents myholder which is formed from a single strand of spring wire bent more orless in a U-shape the body 5 of the wire being straight to conform withthe bottom of the pocket, the extending ends of the wire (3 and 7 beingslightly bowed while the extremities are coiled at 8 and 9. Eachoxtrcmity is formed with two coils the second coil being somewhat higherthan the [irst coil and terminating at the front or forward side of thefirst coil. The wire immediately beneath the coil in each instance isstraight up and. down between the points 10 11, 10 and 11 and then bowedoutwardly the bows terminating at the cross or body piece It 15 to benoticed that the coils are formed on the outer side of the upturned endsof the wire.

The device is inserted in the pocket with the body piece bearing on thebottom of the pocket and the coils located at the top of the pocket. Thecloth or such material torming the pocket is inserted in each instancebetween the end of the second coil and the adjoining face of the firstcoil away from the lirst coil and allowing it to take its origmalposition after he cloth has been pulled par-' tially over the firstcoil. The bowed parts (3 and 7 of theinserted wire spread the bottomportion of. the pocket so that it lies flat o is tightly stretched whilethe coils hold the-upper end oi thc pocket open.

With this device applied in a pocket a ruler or such like can be quicklyinserted in-t-he pocket through the open top and it will be held againstaccidental displacement by the tightly stretched lower portion of saidpocket it being understood of course that the rule is shoved well intothe pocket.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is;-

A safety attachment for pockets comprising a single strand of wire bentmore or less in U-shape :torm having a more or less straight bodyportion resting in the bottom of the pocket, outwardly bowed endportions passing upwardly from the body portion and adapted to spreadthe sides of the bottom portion of the pocket holding it flat and a pairof coils located at the. extremities of the end portions the coils ofeach pair receiving between them the upper edge of the pocket therebyholding the top of the pocket open, as and For the purpose specified.Signed at lVinnipog this 20th day of November lilli.

ISAAC in the presence of- (i. S. lloxennorr, L. GouLn.

DUECK Pl ETT.

